5 Surprisingly Venomous Animals
On this planet there are both poisonous and venomous animals. These two types of animals are often confused with each other and although it is possible for an animal to be both venomous and poisonous, these are normally two different things. Venomous animals normally administer their venomous through a bite or a sting but poisonous animals are normally only harmful if ingested. In this video I will be going through some surprisingly venomous animals as I will be going through 5 surprisingly venomous animals form around the world.
Brave wilderness Gila monster video: • Gila Monster BITE!
Attributions
Duck billed Platypus images:
Frederick Polydore Nodder
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/...
(CC0 1.0)
Biodiversity Heritage Library
https://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivl...
Matteo De Stefano/MUSE
http://www.muse.it/
(CC BY-SA 3.0)
Wellcome Images
http://wellcomeimages.org/
(CC BY 4.0)
Vcby
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Us...
(CC BY-SA 4.0)
Stefan Heinrich
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutze...
(CC BY-SA 2.0 DE)
Klaus
https://www.flickr.com/photos/7914989...
(CC BY-SA 2.0)
Maggie
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tankgrrl/
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Rawpixel Ltd
https://www.flickr.com/photos/vintage...
(CC BY 2.0)
Vampire bat images:
Valerie
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ucumari/
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Desmodus
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Us...
(CC BY-SA 4.0)
Uwe Schmidt
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
(CC BY-SA 4.0)
Batfossil
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
(CC BY-SA 3.0)
Slow loris images:
Bulletin des nouvelles archives du Muséum
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2100495
Mark Louis Benedict
https://www.flickr.com/photos/marklou...
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Vijay Anand Ismavel
Vijay Anand IsmavelFollow
Makunda Mammals-48 - Nycticebus bengalensis
(CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
David Haring / Duke Lemur Center
(CC BY-SA 3.0)
Dr. K.A.I. Nekaris
(CC BY-SA 4.0)
7layersoflands
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
(CC BY-SA 4.0)
Encyclographia
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
(CC BY-SA 4.0)
Gila monster images:
MonsterDoc
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
(CC BY-SA 4.0)
Eds., H.G. Emery and K.G. Brewster
The New Century Dictionary
Andrew DuBois
https://www.flickr.com/photos/1385781...
(CC BY-NC 2.0)
MTSOfan
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mtsofan/
(CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
European mole images:
Thesupermat
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Us...
(CC BY-SA 4.0)
Muséum de Toulouse
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Mus%...
(CC BY-SA 4.0)
Mark Kilner
https://www.flickr.com/photos/markkil...
(CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Duck billed platypus footage:
David Cunningham
/ @davidcunninghamwildlife
María Pérez Navarro
/ @camy333
Zoos Victoria
/ @zoosvictoria
András Ökrös
/ @lilarepa
peer100
https://www.flickr.com/photos/peer100/
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
David McDonald45
https://www.flickr.com/photos/6451756...
(CC BY-ND 2.0)
Vampire bat footage:
Bahay Kubo
/ @bahaykubo5579
Slow loris footage:
yuki_alm_misa
https://www.flickr.com/photos/heididorf/
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Media Indonesia
/ @mediaindonesiaofficial
Gila monster footage:
USGS
/ @usgs
(CC BY 3.0)
AskaBiologist
/ @askabiologist
Jen R
https://www.flickr.com/photos/seafan/
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
David Ellis
https://www.flickr.com/photos/david44...
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
European mole footage:
Meneer Spoor
/ @meneerspoor
D6 Nature
/ @bio_ua
Kentish Plumber
https://www.flickr.com/photos/plumber...
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Rhabdophis tigrinus image:
Yasunori Koide
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Us...
(CC BY-SA 3.0)
Changeable Hawk Eagle image:
Charles J. Sharp
https://www.sharpphotography.co.uk/
(CC BY-SA 4.0)
Harris's hawk image:
Gregory Smith
https://www.flickr.com/photos/slobirdr/
(CC BY-SA 2.0)
Our first surprisingly venomous animal is the duckbilled platypus. This strange mammal posses a powerful venomous spur.
Our next venomous species is the vampire bats. These bats use their venom as a anticoagulant to drink blood.
Our next venomous species is the slow loris. The slow loris uses it's venom to defend themselves.
Our next surprisingly venomous animal is the Gila monster. The Gila monster has toxic venom but is rarely fatal.
Our final surprisingly venomous species is the European mole. These small moles use their venom to paralyze earthworms.